Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is probably not a drink you want to order where you can’t see them fix it, and thus are unable to correct mistakes made in the preparati...
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Moscow Mule
In an attempt to branch out beyond gin, I made a Moscow Mule. The spirit in this drink is vodka, but unless one wants the effects of the alcohol, there’s ...
The Ingredients Matter
Whoa. With my cheeseburgers tonight I made a gin fizz. However, tonight’s was made with Anchor Distilling’s Junipero Gin and Apollinaris Classic min...
I’ll take a Manhattan
After a late, or early for me, arrival home from the office, I fried up a pair of cheeseburgers. I’m not quite ready to drink the Budweiser I have in the ...
The Deepwater Horizon
In honor of our friends over at British Petroleum, I tender the following creation, which I’ve christened the Deepwater Horizon (attempt 1 of n). Build, i...
Gin with Basil Pesto
What’s a good drink to go with pasta and pesto? I dunno. Let’s make one! Gin with Basil Pesto Step One is very difficult: marry an Italian girl. The...
Simplicity
Scotch, on the rocks.
A Perfect Manhattan?
I’m out of gin (horrors!), and so made a perfect Manhattan. Shaken with ice, 1 3/4 oz. bourbon, 1/4 oz. dry vermouth, 1/4 oz. sweet vermouth. Served in a ...
A Gimlet not unlike the Richmond Gimlet
Of the drinks I’ve made, I think my favorite is Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s Richmond Gimlet. I do, however, make a variation and not the exact recipe he ...
Gin and Tonic
It’s a hot afternoon here at the roost, and time for a cold drink. Perhaps a gin and tonic. Build the drink in a highball glass by adding the ingredients ...
Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville
Monday, May 31st, I made a Margarita, c.f. CocktailDB and the International Bartenders Association. Shook, with four cubes of ice, 2.5 oz. tequila, .75 oz. trip...
My New Hobby
I have a new hobby: mixing drinks. Now, some have taken this to mean that I’m exclusively mixing cocktails. While those are most pleasurable to sample, th...